---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 6101.17"
title: "48"
number: "6101.17"
heading: "Exhibits [Rule 17]."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/6101.17"
---

# §6101.17. Exhibits [Rule 17].

- (a) **Marking exhibits.** Unless otherwise ordered, parties shall, to the fullest extent practicable, submit exhibits for inclusion in the appeal file before a hearing starts under [Rule 20](/cfr/48/20.md) ([48 CFR 6101.20](/cfr/48/6101.20.md)) or before the first brief is filed when a case is submitted on the written record under [Rule 19](/cfr/48/19.md) ([48 CFR 6101.19](/cfr/48/6101.19.md)). Parties shall mark any exhibits offered in evidence thereafter as sequential additions to the appeal file. Such exhibits shall become part of the appeal file if admitted as evidence.
- (b) **Copies.** The Board expects all document exhibits to be true, complete, and legible copies rather than originals. The Board may order a party to substitute a better copy or to make an original document available for inspection.
- (c) **Withdrawal.** The Board may allow a party to withdraw an exhibit from the appeal file and the record for decision on terms fair to the other party.
- (d) **Disposition.** Unless the Board advises the parties of another deadline, the Board may discard physical (non-electronic) exhibits in its possession 90 days after the time to appeal the Board's decision in the case expires.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 7101-7109; 5 U.S.C. 504.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 41010, Aug. 17, 2018, unless otherwise noted.